You can uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins using Installation
Manager response files.
About this task
Using Installation Manager, you can work with response
files to uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins in a variety of ways. You
can record a response file using the GUI as described in the following
procedure, or you can generate a new response file by hand or by taking
an example and modifying it.
Procedure
- Optional: Record a response file to uninstall
the Web Server Plug-ins: On one of your systems, perform the
following actions to record a response file that will uninstall the
Web Server Plug-ins:
- From a command line, change to the eclipse subdirectory
in the directory where you installed Installation Manager.
- Start Installation Manager from the command line using
the -record option.
For example:
- Administrator or non-administrator:
IBMIM.exe -skipInstall "C:\temp\imRegistry"
-record C:\temp\uninstall_response_file.xml
- Administrator:
./IBMIM -skipInstall /var/temp/imRegistry
-record /var/temp/uninstall_response_file.xml
- Non-administrator:
./IBMIM -skipInstall user_home/var/temp/imRegistry
-record user_home/var/temp/uninstall_response_file.xml
Tip: If you choose to use the -skipInstall parameter
with a temporary installation registry created as described in "Before
you begin," Installation Manager uses the temporary installation registry
while recording the response file. It is important to note that when
the -skipInstall parameter is specified, no packages are installed
or uninstalled. All of the actions that you perform in Installation
Manager simply update the installation data that is stored in the
specified temporary registry. After the response file is generated,
it can be used to uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins, removing the
Web Server Plug-ins files and updating the standard installation registry.
The
-skipInstall operation should not be used on the actual agent data
location used by Installation Manager. This is unsupported. Use a
clean writable location, and re-use that location for future recording
sessions.
For more information, read the IBM® Installation
Manager Version 1.4 Information Center or
the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.5 Information Center.
- Click Uninstall.
- In the Uninstall Packages window,
perform the following actions.
- Select Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WebSphere Application Server and
the appropriate version.
newfeat New feature: If you are uninstalling
the ILAN version of this product, select
Web Server Plug-ins for
IBM WebSphere Application Server (ILAN).
newfeat
- Click Next.
- Review the summary information.
- Click Uninstall.
- If the uninstallation is successful, the program displays a message
that indicates success.
- If the uninstallation is not successful, click View log to
troubleshoot the problem.
- Click Finish.
- Click File > Exit to close Installation
Manager.
- Use the response file to uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins: From
a command line on each of the systems from which you want to uninstall
the Web Server Plug-ins, change to the eclipse/tools subdirectory
in the directory where you installed Installation Manager and use
the response file that you created to uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins.
For example:
- Administrator or non-administrator:
imcl.exe
input C:\temp\uninstall_response_file.xml
-log C:\temp\uninstall_log.xml
- Administrator:
./imcl
input /var/temp/uninstall_response_file.xml
-log /var/temp/uninstall_log.xml
- Non-administrator:
./imcl
input user_home/var/temp/uninstall_response_file.xml
-log user_home/var/temp/uninstall_log.xml
Go to the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.4 Information Center or
the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.5 Information Center for more information.
- Optional: List all installed packages to
verify the uninstallation.
./imcl listInstalledPackages
imcl listInstalledPackages
Example
The following is an example of a response
file for uninstalling the Web Server Plug-ins with a 32-bit SDK.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<agent-input clean='true' temporary='true'>
<server>
<repository location="http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/ccom.ibm.websphere.PLG.v80" />
</server>
<uninstall modify='false'>
<offering id='com.ibm.websphere.PLG.v80'
profile='Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.0'
features='core.feature,arch.32bit'/>
</uninstall>
<profile id='Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.0'
installLocation='C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins'>
<data key='eclipseLocation' value='C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins'/>
<data key='user.import.profile' value='false'/>
<data key='cic.selector.nl' value='en'/>
</profile>
</agent-input>
Tip: See Sample response
file: Uninstalling the Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WebSphere® Application
Server for an annotated sample of a response file for performing
this procedure.